Youth Volunteering Innovation Challenge in ASEAN

Venue: Bangkok, Thailand

The Youth Volunteering Innovation Challenge (YVIC) supports young volunteers throughout the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in their journey to catalyze youth-led innovation for social impact and sustainable development.

Challenge

The Youth Volunteering Innovation Challenge (YVIC), under the theme “Impact ASEAN,” supports young volunteers throughout the ASEAN region in their journey to catalyze youth-led innovation for social impact and sustainable development by providing access to mentors and capital they need to start or scale up their projects.

Focus Areas

• Localization of the SDGs
• Sustainable behavior
• Developing skills for life and work

How to Apply

• All proposals for the Regional YVIC should be submitted through online application.
• Incomplete proposals will not be considered.
• Supplementary documents can be made in the format of photos, videos and any other creative media and sent to [email protected]. It will contribute only to the Presentation category of the scoring process.

Eligibility

• A team of 2-3 people.
• All team members should be aged 18-30.
• All team members must be currently residing in their own home country listed below: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore.
• Projects should demonstrate collaborative approaches of working with various partners from government, grassroots organizations, communities, networks.
• If selected, the winning teams must be able to work with their mentor right after the workshop
• If selected, the winning teams must be able to start implementing their project right after the workshop.

Prize

Start Up stage (National Workshops)

• Up to 3 winning teams from each country will be awarded with Start Up Micro-Grants and provided with mentorship for the duration of 1 month after the workshop to prototype their ideas.
• At the end of the mentorship period, the most qualified team out of the 3 teams is selected to attend and pitch their Impact Projects at the Regional Workshop.

Scale Up stage (Regional Workshop)

• The 3 winning teams from the National Workshops alongside 7 selected teams from ASEAN countries will be invited to compete in a Regional Workshop.
• 3 winners will win a Scale Up Grant worth up to 10,000 USD and mentorship on growth and expansion for the following 3 months.

Official Link

Deadline:1st May 2017